Sāmoan Plants


The identification and use of plants in Sāmoan langauge (Gagana Sāmoa).

Examples of statements with plants in the Sāmoan language (Gagana Sāmoa).

Sāmoan English
ʻO  le  tī. The ti plant.
ʻO  le  kuʻava. The guava.
ʻO  le  nonu. The great morinda.

Here is a partial list of words that may be used for plants in Sāmoan and the examples on this page.

The full list is plants are in the Polynesian Plants page

and also the Polynesian dictionary.

Sāmoan English Scientific
Aʻa Root  
ʻAute Sāmoa Hibiscus (Red) Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
ʻAva Kava Piper methysticum
Esi Papaya Carica papaya
Faʻi Banana Musa
Fasa (also fala) Screwpine Pandanus tectorius
Fau Hibiscus (Beach) Hibiscus tiliaceus
Kuʻava Guava Psidium guajava
Lāʻau Plant, tree Plantae
Lama Candlenut Aleurites moluccana
Lau,Laulāʻau Leaf  
Lau magamaga Musk (Maile scented) Fern Microsorum/Phymatosorus grossus or scolopendria
Niu Coconut Cocos nucifera
Nonu Great Morinda (aka. Noni in Hawaiʻi) Morinda Citrifolia
Pua Plumeria Plumeria
Talo Taro Colocasia esculenta
Tī Ti plant Cordyline fruticosa
Uʻa Paper mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera
ʻUlu Breadfruit Artocarpus altilis
Vao, Vaomatua Forest  

Sāmoan and Polynesian Plants page (full list) >>

Polynesian Languages

Sāmoan Language

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